Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 days ago, 4 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 04:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 340,934 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 686 77% 592 Pts	64-Core 689 46% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$110 236,365 User benchmarks, average bench 18% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 22.3 19% 21.9 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 18.2 20% 23 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB 1,162 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 557 557 539 542 546 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 590 Mixed 487 SusWrite 548 127% 565 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 31 124% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 120 152% 276 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 164%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$120 46,064 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 466GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 358 361 365 363 362 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 222 Mixed 276 SusWrite 363 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 41.7 163% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 133 150% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$40 1,166,437 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 146GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 80 83 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 124 Write 65.1 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 82 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$91 174,259 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 193 190 194 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 145 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 192 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 10,159 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	2,826x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	1,675x
Core i7-4790Intel $215Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	1,146x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	430x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	351x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	439x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	342x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 179,831 samples	254x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples	305x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 68,070 samples	213x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 31,451 samples	156x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $908

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16